Trop v. Dulles
Significance, Court Rules That Denaturalization Is Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Rescinding American Citizenship
Appellant
Albert L. Trop
Appellee
John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State
Appellant's Claim
That taking away his American citizenship amounted to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Osmond K. Fraenkel
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
J. Lee Rankin, U.S. Solicitor General
Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Earl Warren (writing for the Court), Charles Evans Whittaker
Justices Dissenting
Harold Burton, Tom C. Clark, Felix Frankfurter, John Marshall Harlan II
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
31 March 1956
Decision
The Supreme Court reversed Trop's expatriation.
Related Cases
- Perez v. Brownell, 356 U.S. 44 (1958).
- Afroyim v. Rusk, 387 U.S. 253 (1967).
- Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972).
- Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976).
Sources
West Encyclopedia of American Law, Vol. 2. Minneapolis, MN: West Publishing, 1998.
Further Readings
- Karst, Kenneth L. Belonging to America: Equal Citizenship and the Constitution. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1989.
- Meltsner, Michael. Cruel and Unusual: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment. New York, NY: Random House, 1973.
- Sigloer, Jay A. American Rights Policies. Homewood, IL: Dorsey Press, 1975,
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